This is the coldest 24 hours I've experienced in my life: last night, we saw a bank marquee that read -5ºF; Tonight, weather.com tells me, is meant to get down to -7ºF.
A Florida upbringing doesn't prepare a body for these sorts of temperatures.
But, honestly, what could?
By the by, as an antidote to the 'Babes Aloud debacle, I'd like to share two of my favorite videos of the moment: "
It's All True by Tracey Thorn and "
Starz in Their Eyes" by Just Jack. Hurrah.